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Except (Technic) parts are not just made of ABS and it's not true that ABS is one "well-known" material composition used everywhere. You can vary the amount of additives (UV-stabilizer, flame retardant = e.g. the chemical that causes yellowing on the bricks) and use different amounts of recyclate. Also, ABS can be anything between 15% to 35% acrylonitrile, 5% to 30% butadiene and 40% to 60% styrene. So unless LEGO and Chinese brands use exactly the same pellet-supplier it will not be the same material. Even heating it to a different temperature and using different pressure will result in different mechanical characteristics of product. https://www.lego.com/ms-my/sustainability/product-safety/materials

Best set images ever

And the wanted "Jedi Bob" confirmation. :)) Because it's more fancy and extravagant. The other shields are for the common troops.

You had to spoil the fun, didn't you? :)

There is always a risk that parts break if sets are kept on the shelf for years. The stress on bushes and axle holes in particular is pretty high. Plastik discolors and becomes brittle (even if it was softer at the beginning), rubber stretches, hardens out and discolors too (older LEGO tires even became oily and sticky) and stickers peel off, especially on curved surfaces. What I learned after collecting Technic and many other themes for over 13 years is that there is limited lifetime for everything. The best thing to prolong this lifetime is to keep sets disassembled and away from light, moisture and heat. Fun fact, did you know that LEGO now has a "best built before" date written on their sets? And what's sure is that switching to plant based materials and sustainable packaging will not increase this shelf life. So I would be more careful to say that current LEGO or even bricks from other brands are proven to last for decades. https://bricknerd.com/home/lego-expiration-dates-revealed-4-1-22

This set could have used some diagonal truss stickers for the Fachwerk buildings. It looks really bad without. At least in the Medieval Blacksmith they tried with the curved pieces to make something more realistic. The rest is pretty good, but man did Lego cheap out on animals and minifigures compared to the survey leak.

I will wait patiently until the 30-40% discount. No rush. By that time, maybe boxart will be fixed as well. Btw, has anyone tried my motorization proposals?

@brunojj1 Please don't start another brand war discussion here on the forum. We don't care about the petty brand rivalry and everyone knows which side you are on by now. Spreading rumors and hate for the other brand is not going to bring more people to CaDA, but might have the opposite effect. I also didn't say it's a bad thing that such "tricks" have to be used, just mentioned this fact because someone from outside might think that no Porsche license just means every car that is based on one could get a RUF license instead, which is not how car licensing works. Oh right, I forgot about that.

But RUF ≠ Porsche. This just circumvents Porsche's exclusive licensing as Ruf Automobile is considered by the German government to be a full-fledged manufacturer, and as such RUF models have unique VINs. It's also the same trick that video game publishers use when using Porsche cars in their assets. Maybe next year CaDA makes a deal with Alpina for BMW cars or Abarth for Fiat.

I remember fondly... and at the time there was also little to no competition besides the cheap clones from CN. Now if I see the whole video and what a line-up other legitimate construction toy brands have, I begin to seriously question my spending habits on LEGO sets. I cannot keep spending so much AND buy sets from CaDA too.

When there is no visual news from the LEGO stand at the toy fair, at least we can enjoy some CaDA highlights coming this year:

But the 750S has 30Nm and 30HP more than the 720S making it "the most powerful series production McLaren supercar ever". And you know LEGO is a sucker for superlatives. :)

You are probably right. It was revealed last year in Qatar.

So we now have most info on the summer wave: 42172 - McLaren supercar | 3893 pcs. | 450$ | 08/2024 42173 - Koenigsegg Jesko Absolut Grey Hypercar | 801 pcs. | 50$ | 08/2024 42174 - 962 pcs. | 08/2024 42175 - Volvo FMX Truck & EC230 Electric Excavator | 2274 pcs. | 200$ | 08/2024 42176 - Porsche GT4 E-performance Race Car | 838 pcs. | 170 $ (Control+) | 08/2024 42177 - (18+) Licensed 4x4 - 2891 pcs. | 250$ | 08/2024 42182 - NASA Apollo Lunar Roving Vehicle - LRV | 1913 pcs. | 120$ | 08/2024 42184 - Koenigsegg Jesko Absolut White Hypercar | 801 pcs. | 50$ | 08/2024 42196 - Lamborghini Huracán Tecnica Orange | 806 pcs. | 50$ | 04/2024

Accept, 42171 is the AMG F1 W14 revealed today...it's 42172.

Sorry, I got ahead of myself. Just the white one then.

40712 will contain 325 pieces and include 2 new classic space babies in blue and white. The pic is visible in Brick Clicker's video. Since a second certified store (this time from Australia) posted a picture, I'll add link to it here:

According to Brick Clicker the 1:8 scale hypercar will be a McLaren. So dark purple is very plausible now.

Yes yes, I already revised the misinformation. At the time there were no official images available. That so called "development" is reflected in the price as well, so "better" is relative.

Thanks. I now found the high resolution assets from LEGO newsroom and the red shock absorbers are visible. Double row?!

Correction: this model is acutally worse in terms of functions as it has no shock absorbers at all. The push and pull-rods are just leaning against the body. Guess that's the brilliant way to solve the springs sinking-in after prolonged shelf time.

It's not just you. It's a reskin with a 10% price increase. Not even an attempt to add some details to the engine, let alone a gearbox or some sort of different function to the McLaren. At least they didn't print the wrong model year on the box this time.

Looks like Pirelli was not impressed by the McLaren F1 and cancelled the partnership with TLG. They didn't even want a sticker albeit getting slicks this time. Lego could at least have printed those bland wheel caps with a white line. As I said before, doing half hearted things does not sit well and I wonder who the target audience is, because F1 fans will surely want correct wheels and decals.

And this lifestyle pic shows that the rims are custom with 6 spokes and not just Technic holes: